The cause behind the recent deaths and widespread illness due to the epidemic of E. coli in the northern parts Germany has been found to be the cucumbers brought in from Spain which has been detected by the health officials in Germany as one of the causes of the dangerous disease. While the source of the last cucumber is still not known and is being examined, the four cucumbers have found to be infected with Enterohaemorrhagic E. Coli in a regional market as found by the Hamburg Institute for Hygiene and the Environment.

The first three have been confirmed to have Spanish origin. Subsequent to this revelation, most of the supermarkets in Germany are removing the cucumbers imported from Spanish providers from this Thursday. Examinations have already been initiated into the markets selling vegetables and all of them are being looked into as stated by the Agricultural Ministry in the state.

Germany which is the leading supplier of cucumbers in the European Union meeting up to 40% demand of cucumber in the region is now facing the dreadful outburst of E. coli which started about two weeks ago. It began in the region of Hamburg and has reached the other southern and eastern parts of the state.